I want to thank everyone who recommended Marte Haske as an appraiser. He was great & you can just tell the guy is a genius! Very impressive indeed.
Unfortunately my stone didn''t turn out to be quite as "ideal" as we had hoped....we were definitely somewhat misled by a jeweler who used the word "ideal" a little too freely. I think the appraiser said it would qualify as a 2b/3a? didn''t sound too good to me, so it was disappointing. Not a horrible stone, just not what we were hoping for. the good news was that the price we paid was fair for the stone, it just wasn''t the quality we expected . bummer to pay for an appraisal for a stone we aren''t keeping, but what can you do....
Regardless, we are returning the stone and I am going to most likely be buying from a dealer recommended through pricescope. I have spoken to nice ice over email and already they have been extremely helpful and sent an extremely detailed email with information on a stone I inquired about. So we hopefully can find what we are looking for the next few weeks. After learning as much as I have on this site, I won''t buy something without all the information on the stone.
I have a question for anyone who has time to answer.... i saw a number of ideals with a 55% table... i have been told by some jewelers that the smaller table will make the diamond look smaller. should i focus more on ideals with a 57 % table? or would i even be able to tell the difference? i don''t understand how a smaller table could make the diamond look smaller - wouldn''t the diamater of the stone be the crucial factor?
also one other thing.... i have read that there is the trade off with brilliance and fire. If an ideal stone has a ton of fire, is it then less likely to be as brilliant. sounds silly but i read this in a book. wouldn''t brilliance be the most important factor? do ideal stones usually have equal amounts of both. I can''t seem to find a local jeweler who wants to show me an ideal stone. how odd....
Unfortunately my stone didn''t turn out to be quite as "ideal" as we had hoped....we were definitely somewhat misled by a jeweler who used the word "ideal" a little too freely. I think the appraiser said it would qualify as a 2b/3a? didn''t sound too good to me, so it was disappointing. Not a horrible stone, just not what we were hoping for. the good news was that the price we paid was fair for the stone, it just wasn''t the quality we expected . bummer to pay for an appraisal for a stone we aren''t keeping, but what can you do....
Regardless, we are returning the stone and I am going to most likely be buying from a dealer recommended through pricescope. I have spoken to nice ice over email and already they have been extremely helpful and sent an extremely detailed email with information on a stone I inquired about. So we hopefully can find what we are looking for the next few weeks. After learning as much as I have on this site, I won''t buy something without all the information on the stone.
I have a question for anyone who has time to answer.... i saw a number of ideals with a 55% table... i have been told by some jewelers that the smaller table will make the diamond look smaller. should i focus more on ideals with a 57 % table? or would i even be able to tell the difference? i don''t understand how a smaller table could make the diamond look smaller - wouldn''t the diamater of the stone be the crucial factor?
also one other thing.... i have read that there is the trade off with brilliance and fire. If an ideal stone has a ton of fire, is it then less likely to be as brilliant. sounds silly but i read this in a book. wouldn''t brilliance be the most important factor? do ideal stones usually have equal amounts of both. I can''t seem to find a local jeweler who wants to show me an ideal stone. how odd....
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